Sherry Magee or Bristol Lord....what's your guess ?

[Steve D]

OK, if the T206 Magee portrait actually shows Magee, then who is this on Magee's T205 and T206 batting cards? It isn't the same person.



I remember an article in SCD back in the 1990s, that examined this. It was the first time I can recall seeing any mention of the similarity between the T208 Lord and T206 Magee portrait. I also remember that the SCD article said that based on the research the author did, it was determined that the Magee T206 portrait is of Lord, and therefore, the T208 Lord is the correct photo.


Steve

[bmarlowe1]

Steve D --

Both cards you posted (as well as the cards Ted Z posted) are all clearly Magee. Whoever wrote an article concluding it is Lord needs corrective lenses (as do I, but I'm wearing mine). What features in the above posted Sporting Life Bris Lord photo do you see in any of these cards ? The answer is none. As is often wisely said - you can start by comparing ears. Quoting myself regarding another bad mis-identification, "it's hard to imagine 2 male caucasions who look less alike" than Magee and Lord.

BTW - there was an earlier thread about the Lord/Magee T208

[bmarlowe1]

And furthermore

Going a little O/T - The T208 Cy Morgan (which looks nothing like Morgan) is really Benny Bowcock. The photo of Bowcock below left was mis-identified as Cy Morgan (and Morgan ID'd as Bowcock) in the 1904 Spalding Guide - leading to the T208 error, which was based on the Bowcock photo L-R reversed.

That same photo was later mis-identified as Red Morgan (Bos AL) in the 1907 Spalding Guide.

[bmarlowe1]

As I go for 3 in a row - you can read my article in Old Cardboard (a while back - I forget which issue) showing that the T205 Wilbur Goode [sic] card is really Ralph Good. I'm done for now.